/etc/netconfig File

The /etc/netconfig file is a network configuration database used to store information about networks connected to this system and provides information about which translation libraries should be used for the name-to-address translation services.

On IPF-based systems, /etc/netconfig points to libraries with the new extensions .so.1. The symbolic links are created in /usr/lib, where PA-based libraries are located.

On PA-based systems, /etc/netconfig is unchanged and points to libraries with PA extensions .1.

/etc/netconfig Compatibility

These symbolic links provide backward compatibility with all PA applications which are run through Aries on IA machines.

If you modify the /etc/netconfig file you must make sure to provide the appropriate links, as described in the comment section of the file itself or on the manual page.

If an absolute library pathname is specified for a particular service, the applications using the service will work only for that architecture.

/etc/netconfig Documentation

For more information, see the netconfig(4) manual page.